At Thndr we believe that investing should be easy and accessible to everyone. We started our journey to democratize investment in the region by removing commissions, account opening minimums, and launching an intuitive platform with a focus on education. This way investing opportunities can be attainable to all, no matter their income level or expertise.
Thndr is an investment platform that aims to democratize access to investing for everyday individuals in MENA. For the people who use Thndr, our app represents a seamless way for them to achieve financial independence and growth, without the need to have prior financial knowledge or access to huge capital.
The company was formed to primarily address 2 problems: 1) Existing products are not relevant and 2) Financial literacy is low. We’re looking to solve this by focusing on education, offering a seamless and intuitive product, removing barriers and building an investment supermarket.
We launched in Egypt in late 2020 and currently allow our users to learn, connect & invest in the Egyptian Exchange, Egyptian mutual funds and the US Stock Market.
The journey ahead will be long and painful - it’s not everyday that you solve a basic societal necessity and at the same time change cultural norms. But the reward will be priceless. In our short journey we’ve validated this, as illustrated by these key figures:
- 96% of our investors are investing for the 1st time through Thndr.
- 54% come from outside of capital cities and have previously had limited access to financial institutions.
- 86% of new stock market investors in Egypt during 2022 came through Thndr.
- #1 platform in terms of local trades with 25% of EGX trades happening through Thndr.
We recently raised our Series A and our next steps as a company include the following:
- Continuing to focus on building the infrastructure. Sadly, existing solutions are outdated and don’t cater to scalable business.
- Expanding beyond Egypt and into the rest of MENA. We’d like to extend our impact to all Arabic speakers.
- Adding more products for people to invest in. To be relevant, we believe that we need to cater to all walks of life.
We’re still in the very early stages of our story, but we know for a fact that we won’t stop until everyone in MENA has equally opportunity to generate and grow their wealth in an ethical manner.
What You'll Do
- Collaborate with the design and product team to develop user facing features:
-Work with the design team to transform Figma designs into actual functional features.
-Work with the backend team. - Collaborate with tech team members to work on chapter related technical projects.
- Contribute to our design system library by building new reusable components.
- Debug issues on production to find the root cause and write RCAs for issues and share it with the team.
- Pickup ad-hoc tasks during your on-call rotation (addressing customer reported bugs).
- Maintain high code standards:
-Use existing test utilities to write unit and integration tests.
-Ensure all new components are accessible.
-Ensure all new screens are responsive on different mobile devices.
-Follow existing code conventions and practices while working. - Follow the process:
-Breakdown your work into small chunks which will translate into small PRs.
-Keep your board updated.
-Review team member’s PRs to have context on other projects.
-With the help of your manager, you will scope what needs to be done and breakdown your work into very small tasks to be added to your board.
What You'll Need
- Worked In an agile process (or aware and want too).
- Computer Science or similar degree background.
- Firm grasp of the JavaScript and TypeScript language and its nuances, including ES6+ syntax and features.
- Knowledge of functional and object-oriented programming.
- Ability to write well-documented, clean JavaScript code.
- Rock solid at working with third-party dependencies and debugging dependency conflicts.
- Understanding of REST APIs, the document request model, and offline storage.
- Proficient understanding of web markup, including HTML5, CSS3.
- Basic understanding of server-side CSS pre-processing platforms, such as LESS and SASS.
- Proficient understanding of client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks like React.
- Worked with state management solutions.
- Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX.
- Basic knowledge of image authoring and design tools, to be able to crop, resize, or perform small adjustments on an image or design assets. Familiarity with tools such as Gimp or Photoshop is a plus for images. Figma, Sketch, XD for UI.
- Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (Git) and worked in popular platforms.
Bonus - Nice To Have
- Built Node or other server side applications dealing with system IO, DB, Shell, or other 3rd party applications.
At Thndr, we’re looking for people invigorated by our mission, not just those who simply check off all the boxes. We’re looking for people that are hungry to become agents of change and that understand the huge responsibility associated with dealing with people’s money.